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Flashing Designer for Custom Sheet Metal Flashings and Metal Trim

Create incredibly detailed profiles with fully customisable tapers, angles, folds, and lengths. Draw flashings and metal trim on site, save templates for profiles you reuse, attach them to the job, and export manufacturer-ready PDFs any sheet metal shop can fabricate.

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Quick Flash Flashing Designer on iPhone with a detailed custom flashing profile, lengths, and bend angles

Detailed enough for anything on the roof

Whether your crew says flashings or metal trim, Quick Flash is built for the profiles you actually order: complex custom bends with the geometry the brake needs, not just stock catalogue shapes.

  • Fully custom tapers

    Build incredibly detailed profiles with fully customisable tapers so the shape matches the job, not a fixed catalogue drawing.

  • Angles and folds

    Set bend angles and folds precisely so sheet metal shops and roll formers can fabricate what you drew.

  • Exact lengths

    Control every leg length and overall run length. Work in millimetres or inches depending on how your crew and suppliers measure.

  • Any custom profile

    Hip, gable, eave, apron, trim, fascia, custom gutter, dry pans, trays, back gutter, crickets, window sills, window heads, soakers, jambs, and more.

  • Save as templates

    Save finished flashings and metal trim as templates. Pull up a frequently used profile, change a measurement if needed, then save again so the next order is even faster.

Flashings and metal trim you can draw

From hips and gables to window heads and dry pans, design the profile once, save it as a template when you will need it again, and send it to the shop.

Roof edges and transitions

  • Hip flashings and hip trim

    Including complex mitres and tapered runs

  • Gable and barge / rake trim

    AU/NZ barge, US rake and gable trim

  • Eave trim and drip edge

    Eave flashings, drip edge, and related edge metal

  • Apron flashings

    Wall-to-roof apron and step transitions

  • Ridge caps and ridge trim

    Standard and custom ridge profiles

  • Valley flashings

    Open and closed valley profiles

Gutters, trays, and water control

  • Custom gutter profiles

    Non-standard folds sized to the job

  • Back gutter

    Behind parapets and upstands

  • Dry pans and trays

    Penetration trays and dry pan detailing

  • Crickets

    Cricket and diverter profiles for drainage

Openings and wall interfaces

  • Window sills

    Sill flashings with exact leg lengths

  • Window heads

    Head flashings and head trim

  • Jambs

    Side jamb flashings and returns

  • Soaker flashings

    Soakers for penetrations and junctions

  • Fascia trim

    Fascia and related edge trim

  • Parapet caps and coping

    Parapet and coping metal

Draw it. Taper it. Preview it. Send it to the shop.

Draw the shape, set lengths and angles, add a taper with a tap, then check the bends in 3D before you template or export.

Quick Flash Flashing Designer on iPhone drawing a flashing profile outline
Step 1

Draw the shape

Tap to place points and build the profile outline on site or in the office. Start simple, then refine until the shape matches what you need bent.

Quick Flash Flashing Designer editing flashing line lengths and bend angles on iPhone
Step 2

Change lengths and angles

Edit every leg length and bend angle so the sheet metal shop gets exact geometry, not a rough sketch.

Quick Flash Flashing Designer taper far-side lengths on iPhone
Step 3

Make a tapered flashing in seconds

Tapers are easy: tap the far-side control and enter the taper dimensions. No need to redraw the whole profile when one end changes.

Quick Flash Flashing Designer 3D preview of a flashing profile on iPhone
Step 4

Preview in 3D

Flip to 3D to check the bends before you save a template or export the shop PDF.

Save templates for repeat profiles

Store common designs as templates. Open one when you need it, tweak a length or angle, hit save, and keep moving without redrawing from scratch.

Orders stay on the job

As soon as you send an order it is saved to the job. Anyone with access can open it, check status, and on install day the labels show any crew where each flashing or trim piece goes.

Export manufacturer-ready PDFs

Send a clear shop PDF. Sheet metal shops can fabricate from Quick Flash PDFs without redrawing your sketch.

Stop the back-and-forth when the shop cannot read the drawing

Most flashing orders still leave the roof as paper sketches, scribbles on timber, or bits of fibre cement, then get topped up with blurry photos and missing measurements. Manufacturers guess, material is manufactured wrong, and you pay for the rework. Quick Flash captures the full profile with the lengths, angles, and crush detail the brake needs, plus a clear breakdown for the shop, so the installer and the manufacturer work from the same order and incorrectly made flashings drop sharply.

Flashing designer FAQ

What is the difference between flashings and trim?
In practice they describe the same bent sheet metal profiles used on roofs and walls. Which word you hear depends on the market: many crews in places like Australia and New Zealand say flashings, while many US metal roofers say metal trim or roof trim. Quick Flash uses one designer for both, so you draw the profile once no matter which name your region uses.
What is the Quick Flash Flashing Designer?
It is a sheet metal flashing and metal trim drawing tool for roofers, cladding installers, and sheet metal fabricators. You draw custom profiles with tapers, angles, folds, and lengths, save templates for profiles you reuse, then export manufacturer-ready PDFs for ordering.
How detailed can profiles be?
You can create incredibly detailed profiles with fully customisable tapers, angles and folds, and lengths. That supports complex hips, gables, eaves, aprons, dry pans, trays, back gutters, crickets, window sills, window heads, soakers, and jambs.
Can I save flashings and trim as templates?
Yes. Save a finished profile as a template, then open it whenever that shape comes up again. Change a measurement if the next job needs a tweak, hit save, and keep your workflow moving without redrawing the whole profile.
Will sheet metal shops accept the PDF?
Yes. Quick Flash exports clear, manufacturer-ready PDFs. Any sheet metal shop or roll former can fabricate from the drawing without needing special software on their end.
Does it replace paper sketches and phone photos?
That is the point. Instead of napkins, arm sketches, or blurry photos, you send one digital profile with dimensions and bends the shop can read.
Is this only a drawing app, or part of roofing software?
The Flashing Designer is a dedicated tool inside Quick Flash roofing software. You can use it to draw and order flashings and trim, and the same platform also covers jobs, quotes, invoices, and payments when you need the full workflow.
Does it work on mobile?
Yes. Draw on iOS or Android on the roof, or finish in the web app in the office. Designs and templates stay available across your team.

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